Exam DP-300 topic 6 question 64 discussion

Before deploying a highly available Microsoft SQL Server 2022 failover cluster instance (FCI) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), you need to set up the cluster infrastructure. This involves installing the cluster resource manager (such as Pacemaker) and the FCI resource agent on each server. These components are essential for managing the cluster and ensuring high availability. This step is required for Red Hat Linux servers. On Windows, no need for that - WSFC manager takes care of it.

C: To prepare for a highly available deployment of Microsoft SQL Server 2022 using failover cluster instances (FCIs) on your Azure virtual machines running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the first step you should take on each server is to install the cluster resource manager and the FCI resource agenthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/virtual-machines/windows/failover-cluster-instance-prepare-vm?view=azuresqlhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/virtual-machines/windows/failover-cluster-instance-overview?view=azuresql. This step is crucial because the cluster resource manager and the FCI resource agent are necessary to manage the failover clustering and ensure high availability. Once these components are installed, you can proceed with configuring the FCI disk and network resources, and then install the SQL Server instances.